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Isn't that the point of amateur sport? Amateur means that it's done for the love of it. I will go to my grave an amateur rider, writer, gardener, cheesemaker, cook...you name it. I'm proud and happy to be an amateur.

Maryanne

On 9/15/07, SandyDSA@xxxxxxx <SandyDSA@xxxxxxx> wrote:

In a message dated 9/15/2007 8:33:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, msgabbani@xxxxxxxxx writes:

But there's no fun in it. And when I ask them if they had fun at a race, they just look at me blankly. "Fun? A race is supposed to be fun? Are you nuts?"  To suggest that someone might actually ride endurance for the fun of it, not for money, brings hoots of disbelief. But most of the people on Ridecamp do just that. They budget, scrimp, save, and cut corners to be able to make rides and to gain what? A tshirt, a buckle, a blanket...some fun. And let's face it, when was the last time that a bunch of guys who play sandlot baseball for fun won the World's Series? And which is more fun?

Wow MaryAnne,

    So true! My husband has I think about 15 players in pro ball now and with few exceptions, the players consider it a job. It isn't fun anymore, at least not as it was when they played as kids, or even when they played in college - my husband always wanted them to give 100% but to have fun as well,. That all changes when it is about an income, $$, the pay-out. Some of us budget,, scrimp, save and only go to a about 2 movies a year :) in order to HAVe horses let alone compete. We KNOW what is more fun - but some people are more interested in money.

 

So...in the end, what separates one sport from another is...money. AERC is not the same as what they do overseas in those places because of money.

 

 

Sandy Adams
Deep Sands Arabians
www.deepsands.com

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